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TIL that during a UK National Election, British media coverage is ‘restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather’

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ZvaD TIL: The median human is 14% poorer today than they were in 2007, even though total wealth is 20% higher. In a stark reversal from the 2000-2007 period, international inequality is not only increasing but is erasing any gains made by emerging economies.
kJeG5 TIL Adolf Hitler hired the creator of Porsche to make the first Volkswagen Beetle(his personal car)
XLKj TIL that the term “devil’s advocate” was originally the church official appointed to argue against a candidate for sainthood
ANMNl TIL of the Bouba/Kiki Effect. When people are asked to assign the name "Bouba" or "Kiki" to two amorphous shapes —one round & one spiky— they strongly tend to choose Bouba for the round one, and Kiki for the spiky. This has been robustly confirmed across a majority of cultures & languages worldwide.
XEmJQ TIL of the Chichijima Incident. During an air raid in Japan during WW2, 9 American airmen were shot down, with 8 of which captured, tortured and murdered (5 of which cannibalised). The only one who survived was George H.W. Bush, a then 20 year old pilot.